#institutionalneutrality — Public Fediverse posts

More universities want to be neutral. Will it work at SMU?

SMU is the latest school to adopt an institutional neutrality policy, refraining from taking stances on “external events, issues, or conflicts.”

@dallasnews

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/article/institutional-neutrality-smu-texas-colleges-22253328.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFsbGFzbmV3cy5jb20vbmV3cy9lZHVjYXRpb24vYXJ0aWNsZS9pbnN0aXR1dGlvbmFsLW5ldXRyYWxpdHktc211LXRleGFzLWNvbGxlZ2VzLTIyMjUzMzI4LnBocA%3D%3D&time=MTc3OTg5MzA2Njc2MA%3D%3D&rid=YTdkMWYyYjEtN2M2ZS00YzQxLThjOTktM2JiYTEyYjcwYmNl&sharecount=Mw%3D%3D

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#InstitutionalNeutrality must be based on more than “if a paper is good it gets an A”
What makes it good if basic claims about humanity upon which it rests are dead wrong.
A #whitenationalist (also anti-semite) won an award for a law school paper #promotingracism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/us/white-supremacist-university-of-florida-paper.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Rk8.ioBj.T5s17wtYwfTj&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare